Moving Together - New phase of physical activity pathway integration for people living with long-term health conditions

Sport England has appointed the Active Partnerships National Organisation (APNO) and the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK (FSEM) to co-lead the next phase of work – Moving Together – which will focus on creating physical activity pathways for health and care. The work will be funded by Sport England through the National Lottery.

The aim of this two-year programme is to improve the pathway between health and physical activity for people living with long-term conditions. It will promote real autonomy for people, ensuring they feel empowered and supported, with a clear and proportionate pathway between health and physical activity.

The start of this programme follows significant preparatory work with stakeholders across all sectors including the consensus statement on risk led by FSEM, the PROACTIVE cross sector roadmap and extensive 15-month co-production work focusing on physical activity pathways, led by APNO who worked in partnership with Move Consulting. This project, which finished in March 2025, was also funded by Sport England through the National Lottery.

APNO’s contribution to the new work will be led by its Strategic Health Lead, Annie Holden, who said: “We are extremely pleased to have been asked by Sport England to co-lead this important work alongside the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine.

“The project will be truly cohesive, using a collaborative approach to work across both the health and physical activity sectors, to deliver our ultimate aim of ensuring that people living with long-term health conditions feel empowered to move more and that the people that work with them feel supported to help make that happen.”

As with previous projects focusing on this work, the APNO, FSEM and Sport England will be working closely with senior representatives from the health, physical activity, and voluntary sectors, to ensure that they harness their knowledge and influence to drive forward the policy changes that are needed to improve the journey and experience for people living with long-term conditions.

This collaboration is supported by Nuffield Health who is working through the initial pilot phases with FSEM and will remain involved throughout, working closely with leisure providers.

Partners on this programme of work will include CIMSPA, NHS Horizons, the Richmond Group of Charities, and ukactive, as well as the 42 Active Partnerships from across the network.

This announcement follows the Government’s recent unveiling of its 10 Year Health Plan which highlights prevention as one of three key shifts to help everyone to live well for longer. With the new plan in mind, the Moving Together programme of work, co-led by the APNO and the FSEM, will now have even greater significance.

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